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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1901
Page
4
Fragmentary notes claim General De Wet has been captured on the continent, with varying reports from British sources. The piece references African Company reformations and mentions Guadalajara in an unclear context, suggesting a convoluted wartime rumor landscape.
Disjointed report from Philadelphia notes discussions on selling up to 200000 tons of coal to France with urgent needs cited for roadway supplies. Ailanwaine or Melwaine mentions France shortfall of 1000000 tons, previously filled by England, as industrial firms fear cutoffs. Honolulu crusade referenced.
Honolulu prepares for a temperance campaign led by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union with Miss Jessie McKerman and Miss Ada Murcutt arriving by steamer Coptic. Rev. Det Chapman of the Anti-Saloon League of Oakland is due in January to push the drive, supporting Congressman Lighefeld's bill to prohibit alcohol sales to Pacific coast aborigines under U S control.
Pierre Mattoon and Meece report outlaw John Owens, hanged in Paris on December 21, fled to Iowa to recover $800 in buried loot from robberies. He allegedly provided a hiding place description. Authorities link the treasure to Kossuth County where a Sept. 6 double murder occurred. A portrait matches one suspect seen at the crime.
In Indianapolis Indiana grand secretary William H Smythe of the Masons of Indiana was shot last Thursday. Conditions show some improvement but the case remains unsolved. Police and investigators continue to search for clues while rumors and fragments of the event circulate amid a mysterious surrounding situation.
Sidney Miller, the seven year old son of Samuel D. Miller and grandson of former Attorney General W. L. Miller, was kidnapped by his mother Wednesday evening and recovered Thursday morning in Lawrence. Mrs. Miller surrendered the child and faced no arrest. She had traveled from New York last Friday to visit. The governess planned to keep the boy with her at the Denison Hotel when the carriage outing began. The escape attempt led to a chase to Union Station where the father was alerted.
William L. Smith grand secretary of the Masonic Order of Indiana was shot in his Masonic Temple office in Indianapolis. He retained consciousness for minutes and said a blonde woman entered, asked to use the telephone, then fired. Police found no trace of the shooter. Three bullets were removed from his head.
The War Office demands the resignation of Maj. Gen. Sir Henry Colville, commander of the Infantry brigade at Gibraltar and former Ninth Division leader in the South African forces. Colville refuses, heads to England, after a prior inquiry into the Lindsay Yeomanry disaster and subsequent reinstatement at Gibraltar.
Pekin dispatch reports Emperor Kwang Su objecting to forts reduction and to permanent legation guards. Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching, as peace commissioners, conferred with the emperor for over an hour and agreed to seek further court discussions before meeting the foreign ministers.
Atlanta controversy over Cleveland voting for McKinley is answered by a telegram autograph letter from Cleveland stating he did not vote for McKinley. Mob incidents in Whitehall Illinois, jail break attempt at Carrolltown. Albert Shhenkel sought after assault and robbery case. Doctor Hawkins dies after alleged assault in Ponca City Oklahoma. British charge d affaires mistreated in Constantinople. Liberia tensions near East Africa.
A man named I Green surrendered to police claiming he and his brother John murdered Feeny at Claire station Isavella County Michigan. He says they dumped the body in a lake after robbing $6000 and later enlisted in the army in Detroit, serving in the Dakotas and New Mexico before deserting and returning home. He recounts prior burglary and a prior killing of John Morgan in a failed hold up near Davisville California. He says he is willing to pay the penalty for his crimes.
Friends of Mr and Mrs Bert Conners of Union County grow anxious as silence from the newly married pair continues five weeks after they left for a southern journey. Relatives report few letters and fear foul play as rumors spread of money tied to their trip and possible danger.
Gen. Miles prepares to respond after former Secretary of War Russell A. Alger announces a chapter of his forthcoming book The War with Spain will publish in the North American Review. Alger attacks Miles and reinvigorates the army beef scandal with about 7000 words quoting the Dodge commission report.
Miss Jessie Y Gis Lincoln and Warren Walkico Beck, once noted at Lota Wesleyan University, have divorced after three years of marriage. The proceedings, kept secret until formal announcement in Mt Pleasant court, cite desertion as the ground. Mrs Robert Lincoln, mother of the bride, is named as defendant in the probate case.
Cape Town reports a squadron of Yeomanry pursuing Boers near Britstown was trapped with casualties and the remainder captured. Kitchener has left Naanpoort and moved northward as rapid troop concentration eases local unease. Maseru notes British pressure on Commandant DeWet in the Ladybrand district.
Berlin dispatch dated the 24th reports small French detachments engaging about 2000 Chinese troops east of Bhodan between Pekin and Pao Ting Fu. The Chinese fled toward Ku An Hsien leaving five banners and four cannon. French casualties not stated. remnants of a previously dispersed body likely involved.
Sultan orders warships from the Cramps with an estimated margin around 2.6 million dollars to settle American claims. Dispatches note Andrea is believed dead. Warsaw reports fifty two Poles arrested over political conspiracy. Market quotations cover cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye butter and potatoes across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo with varied prices and grades.
William Mitchell of Marcus reports his home is haunted after the death of his wife Mrs Mitchell two months ago. He moved his three children to Des Moines seeking work, then returned. A lamp in the house repeatedly goes out as he retires, with an unseen force blowing it out each time, frightening him into vowing never to return.
Richard Albrecht of Washington advertised for a wife in a matrimonial paper. Louise Demmier, a Swiss girl from New Haven Conn, traveled 1000 miles to meet him. She arrived in Washington was taken to highone for two days and later he decided not to marry her. He left for Kansas City then Oklahoma. A compromise was made and she took a train back to New Haven.
Christmas morning tragedy near Oto Iowa as 25 year old Guy Moore, assistant station agent for the Illinois Central Railroad, shoots himself with a 23 caliber rifle during a hunting trip. His body found about 4 pm with a bullet through the left temple. Police and officials report the incident, with neighbors and the town awaiting details.
A Cherokee man named Cline pretends to marry Miss Mirian Walker of Delta Colorado, then flees with her promised trousseau money and her letters. He misleads Ferguson and Miss Walker’s brother in law, fleeing to avoid the Denver marriage ceremony and leaving Ferguson blamed for kidnapping schemes.
Des Moines mayor Hurtenbower declares a war on slot machines after months of unrestrained gambling that lures youths from cigars and drug stores. City officials prepare to close leading machines amid dealer protests and concern over lost revenue and social harm.
A. J. Wood editor of the Saturning Advertiser and former Madison County state senator was arrested in Fort Dodge and sent to Des Moines to serve two and a half years in the penitentiary. The Supreme Court upheld his perjury conviction from 1888, ending a long pending case dating to 1808 when Wagil was postmaster at Winterset. Wood, once prominent in business and social circles, attributed his trouble to political enemies. The ruling caused a public sensation.
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